One of my nieces has been looking forward to owning a pet. She wanted a Chihuahua for Christmas, and I looked all around to get her one. Boy, are they expensive! I told my wife about getting our niece a pet, and she agreed to shoulder half of the price. When she handed me an envelope, I thought it had money-but it was actually silver jewelry! I thought it was a joke. It turns out I had to sell silver to get money, which I will use to buy the pet.

I told her I have no idea how to go about it, so I watched while she did everything. Thank goodness she knew what to do. She called the jeweler (apparently recommended by a cousin) to inquire a few matters. Then a few days later we received a kit in the mail, which we used to place the silver items and send back. This was where I got a bit wary; I asked her if she was not worried about getting scammed or something. But she reassured me about how our cousin sold jewelry to them and got a considerable amount. The day after the kit was sent, there was a check in the mail-and the amount was more than a brand new pet! Selling silver ended up with my niece very happy with her new Chihuahua, and we even gave her extra money to jumpstart taking care of it.